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[after_march]

This is April O'Neil. I need...someone. Have to diffuse this bomb. Please. I'm at the playground. And--just keep the kids away. God, don't let any of them near the playground, okay?

[The Malnosso have finally returned April O'Neil, bruised up and battered and wrapped in what looks like a vest of charges and wires. There is a timer attached to it,

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[Voice]

[fonon_professor]

[It's not that hard to put two and two together, but Gelda certainly isn't liking this equation much.]

There's a bomb at the playground?

[Voice]

[after_march]

[As far as April knows? It is a bomb.] They strapped it to me when they dropped me here. Don't let any children come near!

[Voice]

[fonon_professor]

[Strapped to a-] ... I'll be right there to hold the children at a distance. Please, try not to move.

[Voice]

[after_march]

Believe me, lady--I'm not going anywhere.

[April's stressed voice rises a few notches by the end of that sentence. Blowing sky-high after two weeks with the Malnosso kidnappers isn't something she's eager to experience, but taking innocent children with her would be absolute horror.]

[Voice]

[flicker_flash]

[Pinged. By playground. Which means children. And bomb. Which means awesome and like the movies but playground, which means children.

But also pinged by something else. She won't answer straight away, because she's getting to a high place she can see the playground from. And the damsel in distress in question.

So give her thirty seconds, because magic is cool.

...hmm. :|]

Did you say April O'Neil?

[She is actually here to help, but she may as well indulge her curiosity while she does it. >>]

[Voice]

[after_march]

[Huh? Why does this little girl want to confirm her name? THERE IS A BOMB. That should be more important!] Y-yes! April, April O'Neil. The April that currently has a bomb strapped to her body. Just--stay away, okay, hon?

[Voice]

[flicker_flash]

Don't worry, April. I'll stay away. [...she says from the top of the school building. That's far enough away, right?] Who put a bomb on you?

[voice]

[after_march]

The Malnosso--but don't worry, okay? I'm sure someone can remove it before it blows. [This girl obviously needs to be emotionally protected from April's nightmare.]

[Voice/action?]

[after_march]

Does "EOD" training mean getting this bomb the hell off me? [April is standing VERY still by the slide, her voice nearly a whisper.]

[Action]

[after_march]

Not really. [Speaking in urgent tones.] They had me blindfolded, and they weren't telling me anything.

[honorthecode]

[What kind of sick twisted people are these Malnosso.]

April. I'm coming as well.

[after_march]

LEO! [Relief! April unthinkingly begins to hurry toward House 55 at the sound of his voice, then brings herself up short as the apparatus makes an alarming beeping noise.]

....Uh oh.

[honorthecode]

[He's listening to the other convos too.]

Stay put! Moving too much could set it off!

[after_march]

I'm----not----trying not to, Leo. [Breathless, April is trying to stand utterly still.]

[Voice//Private]

[goldenglasses]

The playground? Is anyone who knows what they're doing there yet? [Vash is no bomb expert, but maybe he could figure one out if he has to - or at least find a way to detonate it safely.]

(ooc: And of course! Tell him to stay home - you have someone if you don't want 100000 different people to come save you! |D)

[Voice//Private]

[after_march]

VASH! [April's nearly in tears by now, but dealing okay.] No, not yet. But I think someone's coming. Vash, what the hell are they thinking!

[Voice//Private]

[goldenglasses]

Alright, I'm on my way for back up. Don't worry April, it will be alright. You should move away from it now. [Little does he know.]

[Voice//Private]

[after_march]

Um...I can't, Vash. It's strapped to me.